THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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AGRICULTURAL MATTERS. 



Prices of Cuban Fruits and Vegetables — United States Importations — Cost of a 

 Box of Oranges, Etc. — Cuban Horticultural Society Exhibit, Etc. 



Cuban Products in New York. 



Baracoa cocoanuts, Dec. 21, brought $25.00 

 to $26.00 per thousand. 



Tomatoes — A few coming. When nice 

 they sold fairly well, but most of them were 

 green and were held for ripening. Floridas, 

 per crate (six baskets), when nice brought 

 $3.75. Cubans, good, $2.75@$3.00. 



Generally Cuban vegetables showed ir- 

 regular quality. Some tomatoes brought 

 $2.50 to $3.00 per crate.' 



Cuban squash sales were $1 25 to $2.00 

 per crate for the white variety. 



Cuban peppers with a fair demand brought 

 $2.00 to $4.50 per basket. 



New York, Dec. 24th. 



Latest quotations, Jan. 9: 



Tomatoes — Market a shade more active 

 for Cuban stock. Sales for fancy, $2.50 

 per carrier. 



Peppers — Prices $2.00 to $3.00 per carrier. 



Okra— Sales at $1.00 to $2.00 per carrier. 

 Florida shipments brought higher prices in 

 nearly all cases. 



Pineapples — The demand was not equal to 

 the supply and prices became weak. 



The Pineapple Market. 



On December 24 the market was re- 

 ported a little higher, and on the large 

 sizes practically all the of¥erings in the 

 best grades were absorbed. Some lots 

 of Cuban 24s sold at $2 per crate, but 

 a few sellers were willing to accept $1.50. 

 On the 30s, Cubans sold early in the 

 week at from $1.25 to $1.75 per crate, 

 and Florida 30s of good quality were 

 procurable up to $2 per crate. For the 

 36s there was less call, and the few lots 

 in Cubans sold above $1.50 and in most 

 cases $1 to $1.25 per crate was quoted. 

 Very little demand was noticed on 42s, 

 and both Cuban and Florida stock sold 

 at 75c. to $1 per crate. An occasional 

 lot brought $1.25 per crate, but to bring 

 this price the fruit had to be exception- 

 ally good. The general demand can 

 hardly be called active. 



The Chicago Market. 



Chicago receivers of Cuban tomatoes have 

 been busy ripening their stock. One trouble 

 importers complain of is that after ripening 

 the tomatoes have to be repacked. Good 

 stock is in demand. 



The noteworthy featureof the onion mar- 

 ket at Chicago this week was the arrival of 

 the first important shipments of the new 



crop Cuban onions. These came on a fairly 

 active market and sold in a range of $2.50 

 to $3 per crate. The stock was of good ap- 

 pearance, and quality was reported as fine. 

 It is expected that a fair shipment will con- 

 tinue to come forward until the free move- 

 ment sets in from the principal shipping 

 sections of the island. 



United States Importations. 



Lemons.— Of the 41-3 million dollars' 

 worth of lemons imported by the United 

 States in the fiscal year of 1908, nearly the 

 whole supply came from Italy. 



Tobacco.— Of the 32 million dollars' worth 

 of tobacco (including in this term the manu- 

 factured as well as unmanufactured articles) 

 brought into continental United States in 

 1908, 13 million dollars' worth came from 

 Cuba in the crude state and 4 million dol- 

 lars' worth in the manufactured form. 



Cane Sugar.— Of the 133 million dollars' 

 worth of cane sugar brought into continental 

 United States in the fiscal year 1908, Cuba 

 contributed 58 million dollars' worth. 



Cuba and Brazil Leads.— Of the 600 mil- 

 lion dollars' worth of products of tropical 

 and sub-tropical countries, Cuba and Brazil 

 supply a larger share than any other two 

 countries.— Annual Report U. S. Dept. of 

 Commerce and Labor, Dec. 31, 1908. 



The Cuban Horticultural Society's Agri- 

 cultural Exhibit.— More than $600.00 worth 

 of premiums have been offered, some in 

 cash and others in suitable goods. Railroads 

 will sell members half-fare tickets for them- 

 selves and families during the annual ses- 

 sion of the society and its exhibit to be 

 held this month, and will give free trans- 

 portation for all exhibits to Havana. The 

 Herrera steamship line and other transporta- 

 tion companies are expected to do likewise. 



Mayor Cardenas of Havana wanted the 

 fair to be a part of the carnival attractions, 

 but as this is scheduled for February 5, the 

 members of the Horticultural Society ob- 

 jected to a postponement of their exhibit, 

 but offered to help to make a second show 

 a success in February if the authorities so 

 desired. Despite their efforts to secure 

 larger accommodations, the offer of Harris 

 Bros, remains the best yet considered. This 

 firm offered a portion of their store in 

 O'Reilly street in which to hold ^he exhibi- 

 tion. 



Governor Magoon on Dec. 29th, after 

 being approached by the Mayor, refused to 

 grant any further appropriation for the Ag- 

 ricultural Exposition, which has already re- 

 ceived $5,000 from the State. 



